#42DDAF#42DDAF

#42DDAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.144 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDAF
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 175)
HSL	hsl(162, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 20.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -50.82, 11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 52.01, 167.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.1414 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.144 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8370, 55.9622, 49.4622)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDAF #DD4270

analogous

#42DD62 #42DDAF #42BDDD

triadic

#42DDAF #AF42DD #DDAF42

tetradic

#42DDAF #6242DD #DD4270 #BDDD42

square

#42DDAF #6242DD #DD4270 #BDDD42

split-complementary

#42DDAF #DD42BD #DD6242

monochromatic

#198C6A #22BF91 #42DDAF #76E6C5 #AAF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#42DDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDAF

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDAF	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BFB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.144 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c6',
    500: '#42ddaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddaf;
$custom-light: #8ae8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.194,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80608,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDAF

secondary

#91324E

accent

#3B70EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDAF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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